The Republican Party has been very clear that their desire is to stay in Afghanistan forever. They may not actually say it that way but what we know definitively now is that there was never going to be a moment when the United States military was going to be able to create a fully functioning, independent and competent Afghan military and government.
Murphy critiques the Republican stance on military presence in Afghanistan and argues against the feasibility of establishing a competent Afghan government.
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